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To Kill A Mockingbird: Compassion From Atticus Finch
In Harper Lee�s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch develops into an honorable, moral man who defends a black man, Tom Robinson, against malicious accusations of the rape of white woman. The novel confronts the issue of compassion or the lack thereof, which ��alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us� (Eric Hoffer, 1980.) Compassion is an element needed for those less fortunate, in the courts, and for those who t....
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